Enniskerry
POWERSCOURT/KILBRIDE
Services of Worship in Powerscourt for Sunday, June 25 – Trinity 2: 8.30 a.m. – Holy Communion One (Said); 11.30 a.m. – Morning Prayer two.
Daily Prayer and Open Church, midday and 5 p.m. each day: Powerscourt Church has re-opened for daily prayer. This year there will be two times of prayer, midday and 5 p.m. with the church being open between those times for quiet space and personal prayer.
Car boot sales in aid of Powerscourt Parish Funds: Takes place on the last Saturday of the month in Powerscourt Church – Paddock, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The next one takes place on Saturday, June 24, For further details, contact Robert Allison at 086 3835151.
Services of Worship in Kilbride for Sunday, June 25 – Trinity 2: 10 a.m. – Morning Prayer 2.
ST MARY’S CHURCH
Mass Times: Enniskerry: Sunday Mass at 11 a.m.; Weekday Morning Mass On Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 10.15 a.m.; Prayer Service on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10.15 a.m. Holy Days – as announced. Curtlestown: Sunday Mass at 10 a.m.; Glencree: 9 a.m. Mass on the First Sunday of the month; Kilmcanaogue: Sundays and Fridays at 10 a.m. Holy Days – as announced.
Sacrament of Reconciliation – (Confessions): Our Lady Queen of Peace, Putland Road, Bray – Saturday after 10.30 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. Masses; Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, Main Street, Bray – Saturday after 10 a.m. Mass.
The Rosary: The Rosary is recited each morning (before Mass and Prayer Services) at 10 a.m.
Baptisms: Baptisms are now held on the second Saturday of the month in St Mary’s Church, Enniskerry, for parishioners only. Please arrange with parish office. Parishioners are asked to please give two weeks notice if you wish to book a baptism.
Mass of Celebration for 2017 First Holy Communion and Confirmation Candidates: The Mass of Celebration for those who made their First Holy Communion and Confirmation this year was celebrated in St Mochonog’s last Sunday morning at 10 a.m. and will be celebrated this Sunday in St Mary’s Church at 11 a.m. This Mass had been scheduled for St Mary’s for last Sunday (Feast of Corpus Christi) but was postponed as the Soccer in the Meadow took place last weekend.
Curtlestown Cemetery Clean Up: Tonight (Wednesday) at 7 p.m. Please bring strimmers, rakes and elbow grease.
Annual Blessing of Graves: Killegar on Thursday, June 29, at 7 p.m.; Kilmacanogue on Sunday, August 20, at 3 p.m.; Curtlestown on Sunday, August 27, at 3 p.m.
Thank You: Lily Kavanagh would like to thank everyone who supported the Rathdrum Patients Fund – sadly no winners but the €1,000 collected in Enniskerry was very gratefully received by the Matron and committee of St Coleman’s.
Used Postage Stamps Needed: Barnardos Children’s Charity are looking for used stamps. The money raised through the sale of these stamps will go directly towards their work with vulnerable children here in Ireland. If you would like to leave your used stamps in an envelope in the basket at the back of the church we will forward them to Barnardos at regular intervals.
Legion of Mary – Kilmacanogue Presidium: Meet at 11.30 a.m. every Tuesday in the Sacristy of St Mochonog’s. New members are most welcome. Group recite the Rosary on the first Saturday of each month at midday at the Grotto in the church grounds. Click on the link legionofmary.ie to view website.
Facebook Page: Enniskerry, Curtlestown, Glencree and Kilmacanogue are part of the Bray and Enniskerry Pastoral Area. A Facebook page has been created to coordinate any and all activities common to all parishes in the area. So please link in with it and like our page. To find: type Bray and Enniskerry Pastoral Area on your own Facebook page and like it please.
HISTORY SOCIETY
The Enniskerry History Society is on summer Recess till meetings resume in the autumn. In the meantime members and supporters of the Enniskerry History Society are also invited to attend today’s (Wednesday) 1.10 p.m. Free lunchtime lecture by Dr Brian Hanley on ‘What was the War of Independence’ in the Central Library, Ilac Centre, Henry Street, Dublin one, to tomorrow (Thursday) 1.10 p.m. lecture by Dr Hanley on ‘What was the Civil War?’ in the same venue, and to next Mondays free 1.10 p.m. lunchtime lecture by Dr Hanley on ‘What was the Civil War?’ in the Conference Room of Dublin City Library and Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin two. Further information on the Enniskerry History Society and its activities available from John Callan at 01 2867853.
ENNISKERRY LIBRARY
Revised opening hours are as follow: Wednesday – 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. and Friday – 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. New members to the Library are always very welcome. Please phone 01 2864339 for further information or to renew books.
YOGA SHED
The Yoga Shed is running Children’s yoga Wednesdays throughout June in Enniskerry Parochial Hall from 3.30 p.m. to 4.15 p.m., €5 drop in. For further information contact Antoinette at 086 6099708, or go to theyogashed.ie.
FREE DIGITAL SKILLS
Third Age is delivering free Digital Skills classes in this area. Starting shortly. Third Age is national organisation promoting the well-being of older people. Third Age has been delegated by the Department of Communications to provide such classes, part of the government’s getting Citizens Online programme.
The free training course is a 10-hour programme over five weeks, two hours per week, 10 participants per course. The programme takes a helpful pace. It covers introduction to the internet, Internet security and safety, email, search engines and websites, online government services, conducting everyday transactions, online voice and video calls and use of apps.
The course is designed to inspire confidence in its intended audience of non-liners, and to create opportunities for successful self-learning. To register your interest, please phone 046 9557766 or go to: nationaloffice@thirdage.ie for more information.
KILLEGAR CEMETERY MASS
John Callan, president of the Enniskerry History Society, wishes to remind readers that on the evening of Thursday, June 29,, the annual blessing of the Graves in Killegar Cemetery will take place at 7 p.m. and all are welcome to attend.
There is a great deal of history attached to this site as it is known that it was a monastic settlement dating from the early Christian times. After 400 AD, the earliest building were constructed of wood or wattle and daub but have not stood the test of time and so very little remains of them. It was only with the arrival of the Vikings that the switch over to constructing buildings and churches with stone commenced as it was quickly discovered that these withstood the ravages of invasion better than wooden/timber buildings.
On this basis, the church at Killegar was built sometime during the ninth century with the site consisting of a small church and a number of small bee-hive huts where the monks lived. This cluster of buildings was enclosed by another inner wall which cut off the monks from the outside world.
The cemetery also contains a Mass Rock dating back to the era of the Penal laws, with two of the oldest gravestones being dated 1830 and 1854 respectively. About ¼ mile north-east of the church is a well known as ‘The Well of the church’, the waters from which were supposed to cure sore eyes. Some of the artefacts recovered from this site are thought to be at 1000+ years old.
John Callan, president of the Enniskerry History Society, extends a special invitation to all local history societies in the surrounding area to the Thursday, June 29, ceremony.